Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-03-29
A SPIRIT MYSTERY.
Citizens Of Buoksville, Logan Co.,
Much Excited Over the Mani
festation of Supernatu-
raj Agency.

RUssELLvILLE March 20.-A very
sensational ghost story has been going
the rounds III the northern part OF
this county which at first was thought
10 be only the work of some imagl-
native newspaper correspondent, but
upon investigation the story turns
out TO be substantially true, and the
deeper the investigation the more
startling are the facts.
Bucksville is the name of post-of-
flee, store aud blacksmith shop situ-
ated on the extreme northeastern bor-
der of Logan county, and near the
Warren line. Among the farmers in
that neighborhood none is more sub
stantial than one S. II. Glidewell. His
house, an ordinary two-story log and
frame structure, with an ~" is To-
Gated In one of the most picturesque
spots in the county. The country
in this neighborhood is very billy
almost mountainous-and his farm
lies between two of the highest and
most rugged of these hills, nesting
just under the foot of one, in thick
grove of forest trees. There is moth
ing uncanny or forbidding in the sur
roundings, but IL seems that a yerit-
able ghost has taken up his (or her)
abode there, and persists in remain
ing, in spite of the determined efforts
made TO discover aud dislodge him.
The people of the neighborhood are
terror-sIricken, as the mystery in
creases and defies all attempts at 80
luton.
The ghost al first confined itself to
the upstairs rooms. Here it would
remove chairs from one room to an
other, pull the covering off the beds,
tear up the carpets, and on one occa-
sion roaring fire was round burning
IN room which had not been occu-
pied for years, and the door TO which
was securely locked. Again, the
family below stairs were startled
from their sleep by the sound of a
violin and dancing in this same room
No one was bold enough to venture
into the room, but when some one
suggested that one of them should
call in one of the neighbors, the sound
Immediately ceased; and when final
ly the room was entered, no evidence
OF its recent occupancy could be found
except that candle which had been
lett fresh in brass candle-stick on
the mantelpiece was burned nearly to
the socket. On the following night
three nelghbor boys volunteered TO
sit up and watch for his ghostship.
Nothing unusual was heard until all
old clock in the family room struck
the hour of midnight, when the al
most sleeping watchers were fright
ened almost out of their wits by loud
peals of laughter, which seemed TO
come from Il closet under the stair
case. AT first no one dared move or
speak, but at last one little drawer
than the rest ventured to open the
closet door, and with tallow candle
nervously held alott, peered cautious
ly inside. Hardly had he passed the
threshold when suddenly his light
was extinguished, and before he
could retreat he was nearly drowned
with deluge of ice cold water from
aboYe, accompanied by another burst
of merriment. The watchers fled in
graceless confusion, leaving the fam
lily shivering with terror. Nothing
more was heard that night, but upon
entering the dining room the next
morning skull and cross bones
were found upon the head of the ta-
Bile, and at each plate was small
sprig Of cedar.
The family could stand it no longer
and at noon moved to the house of a
neighbor. While they were prepar-
ing TO remove the household goods
from the rooms down stairs (the up
stair rooms not being touched) the
table and chairs suddenly began 10
move as If going through the figures
of a dance, and when Mr.. Glidewelps
son attempted 10 take hold of Que, he
received shock as If from an cleo
trio battery, and another peal of
laughter sounded in his ears.
However chimerical this may |
sound, the half has not been told.
The above facts were gathered from
with some of the very
best men in the county, who live in
of Bucksville and know
that the facts above related are true.
All that countryside is shaken to its
very center and during the daytime,
SO / was told by eliable gentleman,
people flock there by scores to look at
he haunted house. Mr.. VIM. Guion,
The Marshal at Auburn, with posse
Of armed men, undertook to probe
he matter TO the bottom, but al
hough they heard numerous mys-
erious noises and at prolonged inter-
Gals the wild laughter, they were UNI
lble to solve the mystery and return
I'd home worn out and thoroughly
convinced that there must be some
hing supernatural aboutit
Numerous theories have been adj
vanced about the matter, but all seem
equally incorrect. The most preva-
ent belief is that the GHOSTS the spir-
I of g man who was drowned IN the
,reek that runs near the house many
years ago, and was buried OH the
'pot on which Mr. GlidewelPs house
now stands. Another theory is that
/ is the ghost of a young girl who
suicide in that same house
n the fall of 1869, only short time
'efore Mr.. Glidewell moved into e.; I
nut the mystery remains unsolved !
nd seems 10 deepen as IL grows older. {